Insight: Feast of protein in U.S. spring wheat harvest

(Reuters) – North Dakota wheat farmer Terry Weckerly applied extra fertilizer to his wheat this summer to coax more protein out of the crop. Flour mills and grain elevators were paying near-record premiums for high-protein wheat and he wanted a slice of it. The fertilizer worked too well. Weckerly and other spring wheat farmers are [...]

Spring barley shows promise

Spring barley harvest started earlier than ever this year for Martin Hamilton after a prolonged spell of warm weather. He started cutting his spring barley on Friday, 19 August – a week earlier than normal. By Tuesday (23 August), 21.5ha of Westminster barley had been cut with yields averaging 5.7t/ha, coming off the combine between [...]

Spring wheat prices shrug off negative pressure

Although the spring wheat market has fluctuated a little in recent weeks, prices have been able to stabilize somewhat, according to Erica Olson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “For the last week or so spring wheat has been able to shrug off some of the negative market pressure it’s been dealing with, [...]

Sping

Bulbs are ideal for growing in containers to give a burst of color and scent after the winter, and there is a fabulous range available. Daffodils come in apricot, lemon, orange, pink, white, and yellow. Narcissus triandrus has a startling flower more like a fuchsia’s; “Bartley” has a long thin pronounced trumpet; and N.poeticus var. [...]